1978 World Aquatics Championships
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The 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place in Berlin, West Germany between August 20 and August 28, 1978.
Contents |
[edit] Medals Table
| Place | Nation |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
23 | 14 | 7 | 44 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union |
6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 |  Canada |
3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 |  Australia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  East Germany |
1 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 |  West Germany |
1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 |  Italy |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Japan |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Hungary |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Yugoslavia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 |  Norway |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 New Zealand |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  United Kingdom |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Sweden |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 15 |  Brazil |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Denmark |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 | |
[edit] Medal Summary
[edit] Swimming
[edit] Men's
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle | David McCagg (USA) |
50.24 CR | Jim Montgomery (USA) |
50.73 | Klaus Steinbach (FRG) |
50.79 |
| 200 m freestyle | Billy Forrester (USA) |
1:51.02 CR | Rowdy Gaines (USA) |
1:51.10 | Sergei Kopliakov (URS) |
1:51.33 |
| 400 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) |
3:51.94 CR | Jeff Float (USA) |
3:53.42 | Billy Forrester (USA) |
3:53.97 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) |
15:03.99 CR | Borut Petric (YUG) |
15:20.77 | Bobby Hackett (USA) |
15:23.38 |
| 100 m backstroke | Bob Jackson (USA) |
56.36 CR | Peter Rocca (USA) |
56.69 | Romulo Arantes (BRA) |
58.01 |
| 200 m backstroke | Jesse Vassallo (USA) |
2:02.16 | Gary Hurring (NZL) |
2:03.71 | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) |
2:03.90 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Walter Kusch (FRG) |
1:03.56 CR | Graham Smith (CAN) |
1:03.60 | Gerald Mörken (FRG) |
1:03.62 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Nick Nevid (USA) |
2:18.37 | Arsen Miskarov (URS) |
2:18.42 | Walter Kusch (FRG) |
2:20.16 |
| 100 m butterfly | Joe Bottom (USA) |
54.30 | Greg Jagenburg (USA) |
55.26 | Pär Arvidsson (SWE) |
55.38 |
| 200 m butterfly | Mike Bruner (USA) |
1:59.38 CR | Steve Gregg (USA) |
1:59.80 | Roger Pyttel (GDR) |
2:01.22 |
| 200 m individual medley | Graham Smith (CAN) |
2:03.65 WR | Jesse Vassallo (USA) |
2:04.99 | Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) |
2:05.29 |
| 400 m individual medley | Jesse Vassallo (USA) |
4:20.05 WR | Sergey Fesenko (URS) |
4:22.29 | András Hargitay (HUN) |
4:27.04 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Jack Babashoff Rowdy Gaines Jim Montgomery David McCagg |
3:19.74 WR | West Germany (FRG) Andreas Schmidt Ulrich Temps Peter Knust Klaus Steinbach |
3:26.65 | Sweden (SWE) Per Holmertz Dan Larsson Per-Ola Quist Per-Alvar Magnusson |
3:26.95 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Bruce Furniss Billy Forrester Bobby Hackett Rowdy Gaines |
7:20.82 WR | Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Rusin Andrey Krylov Vladimir Salnikov Sergey Kopliakov |
7:28.41 | West Germany (FRG) Andreas Schmidt Peter Knust Karsken Lippmann Frank Wennmann |
7:33.29 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | United States (USA) Bob Jackson Nick Nevid Joe Bottom David McCagg |
3:44.63 CR | West Germany (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Andreas Schmidt |
3:48.58 | Great Britain (GBR) Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew John Mills Martin Smith |
3:49.06 |
[edit] Women's
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle | Barbara Krause (GDR) |
55.68 CR | Lene Jenssen (NOR) |
56.82 | Larisa Tsereva (URS) |
56.85 |
| 200 m freestyle | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) |
1:58.53 WR | Barbara Krause (GDR) |
1:59.78 | Larisa Tsereva (URS) |
2:01.76 |
| 400 m freestyle | Tracey Wickham (AUS) |
4:06.28 WR | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) |
4:07.15 | Kim Linehan (USA) |
4:07.73 |
| 800 m freestyle | Tracey Wickham (AUS) |
8:24.94 CR | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) |
8:29.35 | Kim Linehan (USA) |
8:32.60 |
| 100 m backstroke | Linda Jezek (USA) |
1:02.55 CR | Birgit Treiber (GDR) |
1:03.18 | Cheryl Gibson (CAN) |
1:03.43 |
| 200 m backstroke | Linda Jezek (USA) |
2:11.93 WR | Birgit Treiber (GDR) |
2:14.07 | Cheryl Gibson (CAN) |
2:14.23 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Julia Bogdanova (URS) |
1:10.31 WR | Tracy Caulkins (USA) |
1:10.77 | Margaret Kelly (GBR) |
1:11.99 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Lina Kačiušytė (URS) |
2:31.42 WR | Julia Bogdanova (URS) |
2:32.69 | Susanne Nielsson (DEN) |
2:33.60 |
| 100 m butterfly | Joan Pennington (USA) |
1:00.20 CR | Andrea Pollack (GDR) |
1:00.26 | Wendy Quirk (CAN) |
1:01.82 |
| 200 m butterfly | Tracy Caulkins (USA) |
2:09.87 WR | Nancy Hogshead (USA) |
2:11.30 | Andrea Pollack (GDR) |
2:12.63 |
| 200 m individual medley | Tracy Caulkins (USA) |
2:14.07 WR | Joan Pennington (USA) |
2:14.98 | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) |
2:15.99 |
| 400 m individual medley | Tracy Caulkins (USA) |
4:40.83 WR | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) |
4:47.52 | Petra Schneider (GDR) |
4:48.56 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Tracy Caulkins Stephanie Elkins Jill Sterkel Cynthia Woodhead |
3:43.43 WR | East Germany (GDR) Heike Witt Caren Metschuck Barbara Krause Petra Priemer |
3:47.37 | Canada (CAN) Gail Amundrud Nancy Garapick Sue Sloan Wendy Quirk |
3:49.59 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | United States (USA) Linda Jezek Tracy Caulkins Joan Pennington Cynthia Woodhead |
4:08.21 CR | East Germany (GDR) Birgit Treiber Ramona Reinke Andrea Pollack Barbara Krause |
4:09.13 | Soviet Union (URS) Elena Kruglova Julia Bogdanova Irina Aksenova Larisa Tsereva |
4:14.91 |
[edit] Diving
| Event | Gold | Score | Silver | Score | Bronze | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3 Metres Springboard | Phil Boggs (USA) |
913.95 | Falk Hoffmann (GDR) |
873.33 | Giorgio "Franco" Cagnotto (ITA) |
845.51 |
| Men's 10 Metres Highboard | Greg Louganis (USA) |
844.11 | Falk Hoffmann (GDR) |
836.76 | Vladimir Aleynik (URS) |
813.62 |
| Women's 3 Metres Springboard | Irina Kalinina (URS) |
691.43 | Cynthia Potter (USA) |
643.22 | Jennifer Chandler (USA) |
637.41 |
| Women's 10 Metres Highboard | Irina Kalinina (URS) |
412.71 | Martina Jäschke (GDR) |
384.09 | Melissa Briley (USA) |
364.74 |
[edit] Synchronised Swimming
| Event | Gold | Score | Silver | Score | Bronze | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Helen Vanderburg (CAN) |
187.849 | Pam Tryon (USA) |
181.499 | Yasuko Unezaki (JPN) |
179.650 |
| Duet | Michelle Calkins & Helen Vanderburg (CAN) |
183.300 | Masako Fujiwara & Yasuko Fujiwara (JPN) |
181.842 | Michele Barone & Pam Tryon (USA) |
180.758 |
| Team | United States (USA) |
182.300 | Japan (JPN) |
181.533 | Canada (CAN) |
177.919 |
[edit] Water Polo
[edit] Men's Competition
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For more details on this topic, see 1978 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship.
| EVENT |  GOLD |
 SILVER |
 BRONZE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Italy |
Hungary |
Yugoslavia |
[edit] External links
- FINA Official Website
- [http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimwc.htm/ World Swimming Championship Results
| Preceded by 1975 World Aquatics Championships (Cali, Colombia) |
FINA World Championships | Succeeded by 1982 World Aquatics Championships (Guayaquil, Ecuador) |
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